Feinberg Research 2022 Newsletters

December 2022

Inside This Issue

• Mapping the Brain
• Feinberg Investigators Featured on Global 'Highly Cited' List
• Investigating the Dynamics Underlying Memory and Cognitive Control
• Analyzing the Connection Between Estrogen and Fibrosis
• Integrating into the Research Environment

November 2022

Inside This Issue

• Using Synthetic Biology to Address Complex Problems
• Medical School Receives Largest Research Funding in 2022
• Understanding and Addressing Cardiovascular Disease Disparities: Nilay Shah, MD, MPH
• Identifying How the Innate Immune System Regulates Cardiac Regeneration: Connor Lantz
• Building a Career at Northwestern: Den Gonzalez

October 2022

Inside This Issue

• Preventing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity 
• Center for Genetic Medicine Announces New Director for TTML
• Improving Healthcare Quality, Systems and Outcomes: Reinad Beidas, PhD
• Utlizing Computational Models to Look at the Brain: Qiaohan Yang
• Illustrating Complex Biomedical Research: Brianna Monroe, MS

September 2022

Inside This Issue

• Advancing Lung Health Through Discovery-Based Research
• New Center for Human Immunobiology Launches at Northwestern
• Improving Equitable Access to Medical and Public Health Interventions: Sara Becker, PhD
• Identifying Psychosocial Factors that Impact Health: Emily Fu
• Equipping and Empowering the Research Enterprise: Piper Hawkins-Green

August 2022

Inside This Issue

• Leading Translational Gastroenterology Research
• Northwestern Hospitals Among the Best in Latest U.S. News Rankings
• Feinberg Shares New Research Priorities
• Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: Susanna McColley, MD

June 2022

Inside This Issue

• Building the Data Pipeline
• Feinberg Announces 2022 Mentors of the Year
• Understanding the Root Neurobiological Mechanisms of Cognitive Behavior
  
• Developing Computational Models and Cultivating Curiosity
• Re-imagining Staffing and Process in the Office for Research

May 2022

Inside This Issue

• Accelerating Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Research
• Women in Medicine Conference Celebrates Gender Equity
• Studying the Cancer Cell Transcriptome and Epigenome to Improve Cancer Therapy Response
• Epilepsy-associated Gene Mutations: Rummi Ganguly
• Providing Tools and Data through I.AIM: Ngan McDonald

April 2022

Inside This Issue

• Expanding HIV Science 
• Groundbreaking Molecular Neuroscientist to Receive 2022 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science 
• Improving Diagnosis, Care and Outcomes for Acutely Ill and Injured Pediatric Patients: Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
• Mechanisms of Transendothelial Migration: Vanessa Hayashi
• Ethics of Organ Transplantation and Donation: Jefferson Uriarte

March 2022

Inside This Issue

• Pursuing Deeper Understanding about the Most Common Type of Heart Failure
• Feinberg Hosts Research Retreat 
• Employing Bioinformatics and Single-Cell Sequencing to Identify Underlying Mechanisms of Human Disease: Ruli Gao, PhD 
• Macrophage Metabolism and Heart Failure: Mallory Filip
• Grant Support for Microbiology and Neuroscience: Kayla Palmer, MS

February 2022

Inside This Issue

• Elucidating Parkinson’s Disease
• New Potocsnak Longevity Institute Hopes to Lengthen Human ‘Healthspan’
• Uncovering How Stress Affects Brain Structure and Function to Optimally Treat Mental Illness: Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, chair and the Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Untangling Disease Mechanisms of PACS1 Syndrome: Lauren Rylaarsdam, student in the NUIN program
• New Executive Director for Research Facilities: Andrea Hall, PhD